ARROWSA:
Art, Culture & Heritage for Peace (Reg 088-058 NPO)
Narrative
Report beginning of April 2012 – end of March 2013
(as submitted to Department: Social Services, RSA
The
Organisation’s major achievements over the past year:
List
the Organisation’s planned objectives set at the beginning of the past year
(the measurable activities you planned to achieve). Indicate which of the
Objectives you achieved or partly achieved.
Explain how you achieved, or partly achieved, the Objectives.
A. Promote
the arts for peace with an emphasis on interdependence on local (Durban) level
to youth via the ARROWSA Bechet High School project. This was achieved through twice a week
sessions in 2012 and early 2013. An
average of 18 learners from Grade 8 to 12 from disadvantaged backgrounds
attended the sessions but numbers dropped in this year. The sessions included the use of drama,
music, dance and visual arts. The school participation was coordinated by Joy
Seidle and sessions were facilitated by Mary Lange and Bhekithemba Dlamini
assisted by Luthando Ngema and Prestage Murima in 2012 and early 2013. A
workshop in finger puppet making was facilitated by Sana Ebrahim, 18 October
2012. ARROWSA Bechet’s ongoing participation in quarterly Youth Forum workshops
was facilitated by Joy Seidle (Schools portfolio). Collaboration between
ARROWSA Bechet and Bechet Interact youth was facilitated by Bhekithemba Dlamini
and further cemented through Mary Lange as guest speaker at the Interact awards
ceremony 2012. A collaborative project
was held with Durban University of Technology’s art gallery, “South – North Conversations” on
20
July 2012, managed by
Francesca Verga (DUT art gallery), and the Jewellery Design and Manufacture
students facilitated by Marlene de Beer.
The opening of the exhibition was organised in collaboration with the
Centre for Communication, Media & Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal and
the Bechet High students performed. Sales of the exhibition went towards an
ARROWSA Bechet representation at the upcoming 2013 Indra Global Youth Congress
in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
The ARROWSA-Bechet Ubuntu S’dumo Bike continued to be displayed in 2012
at the Green Heart City/Ecology & Cycling stand at the Imagine Durban
Sustainable Living Exhibition, 30 August - 1 September 2012, Durban Exhibition
Centre. ARROWSA Bechet participant Gilly
Mchunu received the Butterfly Beret
Accolade for her contribution to heritage. Gilly
received her accolade, at an event hosted by Green Heart City in conjunction
with eThekwini Municipality, the South African National Society (SANS) and
Alliance Française de Durban.
B. Promote
culture and heritage for knowledge and the promotion of peace through
understanding on local level to youth via the ARROWSA Bergtheil Museum and
Palmiet Nature Reserve educational programmes. This was achieved through the continued
presentation of the programme San past
and present at the Bergtheil Museum to Grade 4 and 5 learners. Through
concerted efforts by the Palmiet Nature Reserve (PNR) Management Committee the
educational programmes to the Gwalagwala cliff archaeological site were focused
upon and revived with a view to continuance of the collaboration between
programmes there and the Bergtheil Museum but specifically to providing a pilot
project for schools from Township and inner city disadvantaged areas that had
not yet attended the Palmiet programme. This was achieved through a successful
funding application to the Trans-Vaal branch of the South African
Archaeological Society. The funding
received was towards the marketing, presentation and research of the programme
to specifically schools previously mentioned.
It was however once more emphasised that there was still a need for a
bridge to be erected over the river. A media article appeared in a local
newspaper, The Highway Mail, in this
regard in February 2013. The programmes
and workshops were facilitated by Mary Lange, Aslina Madikizela, Alvine Calboutin, Warren Friedman, Nandi
Hlatshwayo and Luthando Ngema in
2012-2013. Management support was provided by Nomusa Mabaso.
C. Promote arts,
culture and heritage for peace and reconciliation on a national (South Africa)
level through intercultural exchange.
This was achieved through a successful bid to the National Heritage
Council through CCMS, UKZN for funding to publish a coffee table book on the
rock art recorded and the project methodology that took place in 2010 and 2011.
ARROWSA coordinated the project and liaised successfully with Kalahari
community members who contributed to the book. The Bergtheil San programme
continued to contribute a percentage of profits to a Kalahari community.
Once more Msunduzi Museum requested that ARROWSA facilitate a storytelling
outreach workshop in Pietermaritzburg in 2012.
This was successfully presented to underprivileged children by Luthando
Ngema, Aslina Madikizela and Mary Lange at the South African Vroue Federasie
(SAVF) community hall at Oribi Village. Various media articles disseminated
ARROWSA objectives. These were written by Sana Ebrahim on ARROWSA project and
events in The Daily News, The Independent on Saturday, Berea Mail, The Weekly
Gazette, The Rising Sun and SUBtext No: 21, Winter 2012.
D. Promote arts,
culture and heritage for peace on a regional (Southern Africa) level. The links with a Zimbabwean school
continue. These were facilitated by
Prestage Murima, a masters student of CCMS, UKZN. Links were mainly facilitated
through the ARROWSA facebook page. This is an area that needs attention in the
new year.
E. Promote local, national, regional and global
intercultural communication through use of the internet. This was achieved globally through the
successful implementation and completion of the intercultural project with
Chile (initiated through ARROW international/now Indra Congress contacts)
whereby the learners’ cultural information was exchanged via emails, culminating in a Skype session between the
learners.
The
above objective was also achieved through the continued use of ARROWSA facebook
administered by Mary Lange, Bhekithemba Dlamini and Sana Ebrahim. Facebook
pages by collaborators such as South Roots in South Africa, INDRA Congress in
the UK and ARROWZim (as previously mentioned) assisted in achieving this
objective. Participation in the 2013 Derry Global Congress continued to be
liaised both with the Indra Director, David Oddie and the Derry, Northern
Ireland, coordinator, Mary Duddy.
ARROWSA
also created their own blog http://arrowsa.blogspot.com/ with regular
posts that communicated the activities, reports and plans of the
organisation. The blog was effectively
used to link posts to ARROWSA facebook and relevant partners such as CCMS, UKZN
facebook.
Media articles
relating to ARROWSA events and projects were written and submitted by Sana
Ebrahim: LOOKLOCAL (http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/berea/berea-news-entertainment?oid=6165791&sn=Detail&pid=4197296&-Butterfly-Beret-accolades-recognise-youthful-trailblazers).
DUT
(http://www.dut.ac.za/node/1941),
F. Promote a national, regional and global
network with common goals of arts, culture and heritage for peace. This was achieved through the activities
mentioned in A to E as they included not only individual artists and the
organisers and participants in the activities mentioned above but also
educators from Bechet High School, lecturers and students from the Centre for
Communication, Media and Society (CCMS), University of KwaZulu-Natal and the
Jewellery Department, Durban University of Technology, staff of the Bergtheil
and Msunduzi Museum, staff and members of the Palmiet Nature Reserve Management
Committee and members of INDRA Congress, Plymouth and Northern Ireland.
G. Promote the collaboration of tertiary,
secondary and primary educational institutions in action research on ARROWSA
collaborative research projects.
This was achieved through various means under the ARROWSA research
portfolio headed by Dr Dyll-Myklebust:
Masters
student, Miliswa Magongo, successfully completed her Masters research on the
NHC Biesje Poort project supervised by Lauren Dyll-Myklebust. Various papers,
lecture notes and presentation were made on the NHC research re Biesje Poort.
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Oct 2012 Miliswa Magongo presented paper, Ripples of Empowerment? Exploring the
role of participatory development communication in the Biesje Poort Rock Art
Recording Project at the African Centredness Conference hosted by the School of
Applied Human Sciences, UKZN.
Miliswa
was awarded “Best Abstract” at the School of Applied Human Sciences “African
Centredness” Conference.
-5 Oct 2012
Miliswa Magongo guest lectured for 3rd year Cultural Heritage and Tourism
students at UKZN using the BP project as a case study highlighting the
importance of community involvement in development projects. 19 Oct 2012 Shanade Barnabas guest lectured
for 3rd year Cultural Heritage and Tourism students at UKZN: "Rock art:
Conservation and Tourism".
-Lange, M., Magongo, M. & Barnabas, S.
(forthcoming) Biesje Poort rock engravings, Northern Cape: Past and Present. In
Skotnes, P. & Deacon, J. (ed.), The Courage of ||Kabbo. Paper presented at
the Courage of ||Kabbo Conference at UCT, 17-20 August 2011 to be published.
-CCMS
Masters Research student, Prestage Murima’s proposal and ethics form was
approved by the UKZN Higher Degree Committee (HDC). “Assessing teenagers’
knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards teenage pregnancy. The case of
Bechet High School”.
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CCMS, DCC Honours Projects: The 3 topics linked to ARROWSA’s affiliated
projects and organisations all were examined and passed well. Danielle
Evans: “Unearthing the current cultural
heritage tourism marketing strategy: Palmiet Archaeological Community Project
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, as a cultural heritage tourism site”. Dumisani
Mthethwa: “Analysing the role that
indigenous Knowledge and heritage play in participatory development
communication: A case study of ARROWSA: Art, Culture & Heritage for Peace
project at Bechet High School” .
Sandisa
Nyokana: “Participation
Communication in Applied Theatre: An analysis of POPPETS (Program of Primary
Prevention Education Through Stories) conducted by the South African National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal”.
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Research conducted with / at ARROWSA affiliated projects and supervised by Mary
Lange has been published in: Govender, E. and Durden, E. (2012) (eds.)
Investigating Communication, Health and Development: 10 Years of Research in
the Centre for Communication, Media and Society. South Africa: Jacana
Media. Van Staden et al (2005/2012)
Arrow Online. Khan and Rasool (2005/2012) “Pieces of me”: An investigation into
the use of still images in an Entertainment Education context in overcoming
stereotypes. Reddy et al (2009/2012) Painting the problem: Body mapping as a
participatory Entertainment Education tool in helping youth learn about
conflict resolution. Mthiyane (2010/2012) A Song for Social Change: An ARROWSA
Intervention at Bechet High School and the communication for participatory
development (CFPD) model.
2012-2013
highlighted a need for greater feedback of research project results to the
participants especially at ARROWSA Bechet. A further lack in the research area
that was highlighted was a formal agreement as to the acknowledgment of the
various research players where relevant.
H. Register ARROWSA as a voluntary non profit
organisation. Accountant,
Devin Griffiths, successfully completed the 2011 and 2012 financial statements
and the relevant narrative reports were submitted. Devin Griffiths also
successfully applied for a tax exemption number: Tax Ex Ref No:
9455/142/17/5.
I. Promote sustainability of the project through
obtaining funding for the various projects.
The
registration of the organisation, two years of financial statements and
registration for tax exemption made it easier to apply for funding in
2012-2013. Funding applications were
written by Mary Lange and Eliza Govender in consultation with Bhekithemba
Dlamini.
Funding
was awarded from National Heritage Council (NHC) for: Biesje Poort, Northern
Cape, Rock Art Book: A Learning Process. This is a collaborative
interdisciplinary and intercultural project based within CCMS, UKZN.
Objectives
of the project are:
- To disseminate knowledge of the Biesje
Poort rock art and surrounding areas.
-To provide opportunities for initial
Biesje Poort team members (who promote multi-racial/cultural/academic
disciplinary representativity) to gain skills in research, report writing and
editing.
On
26 November 2012: Mary Lange and Lauren Dyll-Myklebust attended a NHC Advocacy
Workshop regarding the aforementioned funded project.
The
following funding applications were made in the year 2012-2013:
-A
successful application in November 2012 was made to the Trans-Vaal branch of
the South African Archaeological Society.
R20 000 was received that covered marketing, facilitation and
research costs for the Palmiet Archaeological Educational programmes.
-An
application to Ethekwini’s Grant-in-aids for the ‘Cooling Conflict: I am
worthy’ that included workshops run by David Oddie was unsuccessful – reasons
were not provided by eThekwini.
-An
application to National Arts Council that included the scripting of an
improvised play, Imbewu Yesizwe – The
Nation’s seed by Tshetiya Tshimanga, Bhekithemba Dlamini and Luthando
Ngema. The funding application was for
air tickets and London cultural excursion for 7 people attending the Indra
Global Youth Congress 2013 – results in June 2013.
The
collaborative DUT, ARROWSA, CCMS jewellery exhibition and the Palmiet raised
funds towards the forthcoming 2013 global youth Derry congress. Further
donations to this event were given by ARROWSA management and the general public
through a donation request initiative
facilitated by Eliza Govender (ARROWSA Funding portfolio). Bergtheil and
Palmiet educational programme costs were covered by school payment for the
programmes. The general running and administration costs of ARROWSA were partly
addressed through a continued ten percent admin cost on any compensation for
programmes or workshops. Admin costs such as telephone, email, local transport
costs etc. was covered by individual volunteers and collaborating organisations
and institutions.
Challenges
experienced regarding funding were as follows:
-An
application was not made to the Lottery due to not meeting some of the
requirements at this point in time e.g. a tax clearance certificate.
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Former corporate ARROWSA funders TBP Civils closed down and the firm Osmond
Lange Architects was not able to provide financial funding for ARROWSA in
2012-2013 but they continued to sponsor photostats, prints and other
administration support e.g. courier costs and skype facilities for the Chile
project.
-A
need was highlighted to obtain tax clearance certificates in the following
financial year and possibly external auditing. Fund raising was still an
objective that needed to be addressed to ensure sustainability of the
organisation if present management was no longer available to carry general day
to day running costs.
2.4 Give a
general description of the ways in which beneficiaries (individuals/groups/
communities/social or economic or environmental condition) benefited from your
Organisation’s programme, projects or services during the past year.
Durban youth benefitted through the
acquisition of arts skills and knowledge of culture and heritage towards
understanding of themselves and other cultures and thereby breaking down
negative stereotypes. ARROWSA Bechet, through functions such as the CCMS, UKZN
and DUT jewellery exhibition were able to meet and present to different age
groups, economic profiles and cultures face-to-face whereby not only was their
knowledge and understanding increased but skills and confidence was fostered
specifically in performance, public speaking and ambassadorship. DUT jewellery
students benefitted through the creation, promotion and sale of their
jewellery. Local artists benefitted from
a platform to perform to the general public. Unemployed youth benefitted from
opportunities for skill transference and training through participation as
facilitators of the Bergtheil and Palmiet Nature Reserve programmes. The
Bergtheil Museum and Palmiet Nature Reserve benefited through increased numbers
of attendance. School learners and teachers who attended the Bergtheil and
Palmiet Nature Reserve programmes benefited through experiential
hands-on-knowledge and extension of their school curriculum. CCMS, UKZN
benefited through research field work for their students. Organisations and institutions, both
government and non-government, who were affiliated or associated with ARROWSA
in the year 2012-2013 benefited through positive exposure.
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